HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-36 - Initiating Amendments to Title 20 (Planning And Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the City of Newport Beach Municipal Code, and to the Coastal Land Use Plan of the Local Coastal Program Related to Density BonuseRESOLUTION NO. 2020-36
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 20 (PLANNING AND ZONING)
AND TITLE 21 (LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN) OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, AND TO THE COASTAL LAND
USE PLAN OF THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
RELATED TO DENSITY BONUSES (PA2020-032)
WHEREAS, Section 20.66.020 (Initiation of Amendment) of Newport Beach
Municipal Code ("NBMC") provides that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
("City Council") may initiate an amendment to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the
NBMC with or without a recommendation from the Planning Commission;
WHEREAS, City Council Policy K-1 entitled "General Plan and Local Coastal
Program" requires amendments to the City of Newport Beach certified Local Coastal
Program to be initiated by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Title 20 and Title 21 of the NBMC,
and the Coastal Land Us Plan of the Local Coastal Program related to density bonuses.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows..
Section 1: The City Council hereby initiates amendments to Title 20 (Planning
and Zoning) of the NBMC, Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the
NBMC, and the Coastal Land Use Plan of the Local Coastal Program related to density
bonuses.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative portion of this resolution.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
Resolution No. 2020-36
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Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is exempt
from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"),
pursuant to Section 15262 of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations,
Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it involves feasibility or planning studies for
possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved or
adopted.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption
by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
ADOPTED this 14th day of April, 2020.
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
Will O'Neill
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2020-36, was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 14th day of April, 2020; and the same was so passed and adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Brad Avery, Council Member Joy Brenner, Council
Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Duffy Duffield, Council Member Jeff Herdman,
Council Member Kevin Muldoon
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 15th day of April, 2020.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California